Carton.



F. W. HANDSCHY.

CARTON.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.12, 1909.

Patented Sept 13,1910.

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' FREDERICK W. HANDSCHY, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

CARTON.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. HAND- soHY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cartons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in cartons, or card board boxes used for holding merchandise, and comprises the novel parts and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim terminating this specification.

The object of my invention is to improve and simplify this class of articles and to reduce the cost of their manufacture.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification I have shown my invention embodied in the form now preferred by me.

Figure 1 is an end view of a three-cell carton, the flap which closes one end being cut away on the line of fold. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a carton, a corner of the side being broken away to show the tuck flap in place at one end, this flap at the other end being withdrawn. Fig. 3 shows the carton in perspective, one end flap being entirely withdrawn and the other just started. Fig. 4 which has the closing and tuck flaps.

My invention relates to multiple-cell cartons and has been specifically shown as consisting of a three-cell carton.

The type of carton to the manufacture of my invention is more specifically adapted, is that made from card board and one containing a plurality of cells. In the making of the three cell carton shown, only two pieces of card board are used, each of which is rectangular in outline, whereby the cost of dies and waste of material is reduced to a minimum. The larger blank, 1, has a central section, 10, which forms one broad side of the completed carton and is therefore of the same length as the individual cells and of a width equal to the sum of the widths of the individual cells, there being only one tier of cells in the carton as illustrated. Upon each edge of this section which extends lengthwise the cells, are extensions, each consisting of a series of three rectangular sections 2, 3 and 4, each of a size to form a side wall of a cell. These Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 12, 1909.

shows in plan the blank Patented Sept. 13, 1910. Serial No. 527,711.

three end extensions are folded back to form the side walls of the end cells of the set, the last section 4 also forming a side wall of the central cell, this section being common with the end and central cells. The fourth side of these cells is formed by the central section 10, which is common to all the cells.

The outermost of the three sections of each set, the section 4, may be secured to the central section 10, as by means of the narrow flap 5 which is attached to its outer edge. This first blank is bent so as to form all four walls of the outer cells and all but one wall of the central cell. The blank forming the other piece used in making the carton has a central section 6-, which is of a size to form one broad side of the carton, being of the same size as the central section 10 of the other blank. This central section is glued to the outer surfaces of the central sections 3 of each set of three which are attached to the central section of the other blank, and bridges the open space between the end cells, thus completing the side walls of the central cell. This central section 6, at the edges which lie at the ends of the cells, has extensions or flaps 7 adapted to fold over to close the end openings of the cells. At least one of these flaps 7 is provided with extensions 8, constituting tuck flaps adapted to be inserted, one in each cell of the carton. The flap 7 at the other end may be provided with similar independent tuck-flaps 8, one for each cell, which, if desired may be secured by gluing, although this is preferably leit't unsecured. The flap 7 at this end may also be secured by other means than the independent tuck flaps 8 if desired. By slitting the end or tuck flaps 8 so as to form independent tuck-flaps for each cell, the cell walls 4, 4, may be secured to the back wall 10 clear to their ends, which contributes to the strength of the carton. The design of the carton is such that both blanks are rectangular in outline, whereby there are no irregular flaps or projecting pieces and the sheets may be cut with minimum waste, and if the sheets correspond in size with some multiple of the dimensions of the blanks, they may be out without any waste. YVith the end or tuck-flaps unsecured the carton may be collapsed and kept in the flat ready for use at once.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A three-cell carton formed of two pieces ing side Wall of the central cell and having extensions at two opposite sides each consisting of a section adapted to close the end openings of all the cells and this having three independent flaps extending therefrolni and adapted each to enter one of the cel s-.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto aflixed my signature, at Seattle, Washington, this 27 day of October, 1909.

FREDERICK W. HANDSGHY.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. KANE, PETER PRATT. 

